Canal Sur will award producer José Alba the Andalusian Talent Award at the 29th Festival de Málaga for his significant professional career and contribution to the audiovisual sector. The award ceremony will take place at the Albéniz Cinema (12 March, 1:30 pm) during the festival, which will be held from 6 to 15 March.
 
José Alba, an independent producer and founder of Pecado Films, boasts an impressive resume and has become a leading figure in Andalusia, Spain, and internationally, as evidenced by the numerous awards and accolades he has received. 
 
Canal Sur has followed and supported him from the beginning, having participated in most of his films. They supported "Cerrar los ojos" (Close Your Eyes) at Cannes, as well as at dozens of other festivals. Films like "Gila, es el enemigo", "Mamacruz" and "Sevillanas de Brooklyn" have garnered acclaim and performed well at the box office and with audiences. He is also closely associated with the Festival de Málaga, where many of his films have been screened.
 
He is currently a member of the Andalusian Film Academy, the Spanish Film Academy, and the European Film Academy, and has served as president of ANCINE since 2022. Among his awards are the Silver Biznaga at the Festival de Málaga and the ASFAAN Award in 2018. In 2023, ScreenDaily magazine selected him as one of the producers with the strongest international focus, and he also received the Luz Award at the Huelva Film Festival. In 2024 he won the Carmen Award for Best Film for his production "Cerrar los ojos", by Victor Erice, which premièred in the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival in 2023. The film was also shortlisted by the Academy for the Oscars®, nominated for the Goya, Forqué, and Feroz Awards for Best Film, and chosen as Film of the Year by The New Yorker.
 
Collaboration agreement with the 29th Festival de Málaga
The Director General of Canal Sur, Juande Mellado, and the Director of the Festival de Málaga, Juan Antonio Vigar, signed a collaboration agreement this Monday, 16 February, at the Hotel Málaga Palacio. This agreement formalises RTVA's commitment as a collaborator of the Festival, thus fulfilling its Corporate Social Responsibility Plan regarding its commitment to culture.
 
Canal Sur will broadcast the Festival's Opening and/or Closing Galas on some of its channels and will also cover the events scheduled to promote the Festival. During the festival, both general news programmes and specialised programmes will include content related to the event, on both radio and television.
 
Furthermore, coinciding with the Festival's schedule of activities, Canal Sur will broadcast a selection of films and documentaries that may have been selected or awarded prizes in previous editions of the Festival, as well as other Spanish-language productions in which Canal Sur has participated, across its film programmes on both Canal Sur TV and Andalucía TV at various time slots.
 
RTVA dedicates special effort to promoting the Andalusian audiovisual sector through two fundamental instruments: the financing of audiovisual products and the collaboration agreements it maintains with most of the film festivals held in our region.
 
Films in which Canal Sur participates in the Festival
Canal Sur Radio and Television is participating in the Festival de Málaga with 16 audiovisual productions: 5 feature films and 11 documentaries.
 
Among the feature films are "Iván & Hadoum", by Ian de la Rosa (Feature Films Official Competition); and "Cuántica Rave"; by Paco Campano (Zonazine Feature Films Official Competition); as well as"Hora y veinte", by Marc Romero (Official Feature Film Section, Out of Competition); "9 lunas", by Patricia Ortega (Official Feature Film Section, Out of Competition); and "Un hijo", by Nacho La Casa (Out of Competition Feature Films and Cinefórum).
 
The documentaries and the festival sections in which they will participate are as follows: "Todos los días Domingo", by Abrahan López Feria (Cinema Cocina Feature films Official Competition); "Plus Ultra", by Elias Pérez (Documentary Special Sessions); "El inventor del cine invisible", by Manuel Jiménez Núñez (Documentary Special Sessions); "A través de El Espejo Negro", by Rafatal (Documentary Special Sessions); "Manuel Alcántara, una vida en 15 asaltos", by Manu Sánchez and Leticia Moreno (Documentary Special Sessions); "Back in time!", by Manuel Bellido (Documentary Special Sessions); "Acuérdate de mí", by Remedios Malvárez (Documentary Special Sessions); "El abrazo de los peces", by Chema Rodríguez (Documentary Special Sessions); "El espíritu del caminito", by Ángel Tirado (Documentary Special Sessions); "Un hombre libre” (Women on Stage); and "Taranta", by Samuel Nacar (5 Minutos).